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I’ve never been more motivated to quit than when on the other side of this. The thing that already exists only seems from a distance like it does what I need. I

I’ve never been more motivated to quit than when on the other side of this. The thing that already exists only seems from a distance like it does what I need. It makes different trade offs, it’s poor quality, the team that owns it is far away, and they “agree in principle” with all my proposed changes but “it’s a question of resources.” On smaller projects I have sucked it up, and wow. Something special about tying yourself up in knots to do work you’re ashamed of in the end. On the bigger projects I’ve always managed to wriggle out, thank god. Usually by building something domain specific so as to avoid the appearance of direct competition. Language and branding are crucial here. If your design doc uses the words “rules engine” half the company perks up. Why aren’t you using ours? On the other hand “configuration” is totally fine.

ganzuul 5y ago
Would a data driven approach help reduce the number of interpretations of what the problem being solved actually is?
- ganzuul 5y ago
  HN downvoters are truly inscrutable. What could possibly trigger malcontent in that topical, targeted question I just asked??
  - kop316 5y ago
    I didn't downvote you, but I will offer, I read your GP several times and I still don't understand the question.
    - ganzuul 5y ago
      Well thank you for informing me of that. I'm hopeful that if people were to look at the same data the teams would not have such vastly different ideas about what problem they are trying to solve. I presume that these organizations generate overlapping products because they don't communicate, but shared data is a kind of top-down communication which works even if the teams feel that they can not coordinate.
      - closeparen 5y ago
        Generally the existing system is appropriate to the business context it was first built for. The problem is that the owning team would like to claim the “impact” of you reusing their solution in a new domain, while maintaining a “not my problem” disposition towards the unique constraints of your domain, and towards the daily ergonomics of your life in their codebase. What’s needed is a proper platform team that can serve both customers.
  - Rexxar 5y ago
    Honestly, your previous question looks like it was generated by a bot.
    - ganzuul 5y ago
      If a bot generated that I'd be screaming in the streets.

ganzuul 5y ago

Would a data driven approach help reduce the number of interpretations of what the problem being solved actually is?

ganzuul 5y ago
HN downvoters are truly inscrutable. What could possibly trigger malcontent in that topical, targeted question I just asked??
- kop316 5y ago
  I didn't downvote you, but I will offer, I read your GP several times and I still don't understand the question.
  - ganzuul 5y ago
    Well thank you for informing me of that. I'm hopeful that if people were to look at the same data the teams would not have such vastly different ideas about what problem they are trying to solve. I presume that these organizations generate overlapping products because they don't communicate, but shared data is a kind of top-down communication which works even if the teams feel that they can not coordinate.
    - closeparen 5y ago
      Generally the existing system is appropriate to the business context it was first built for. The problem is that the owning team would like to claim the “impact” of you reusing their solution in a new domain, while maintaining a “not my problem” disposition towards the unique constraints of your domain, and towards the daily ergonomics of your life in their codebase. What’s needed is a proper platform team that can serve both customers.
- Rexxar 5y ago
  Honestly, your previous question looks like it was generated by a bot.
  - ganzuul 5y ago
    If a bot generated that I'd be screaming in the streets.